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  1. timr

    Great Saint Bernard Pass Hospice

    @Joan Fiol (Gronze.com) Just to acknowledge something I have seen several times before! Gronze replied to a message through the website in less than 20 minutes and the corrections made to the website almost immediately. It is a GREAT service and very helpful that they branched out to cover VF a...
  2. timr

    Great Saint Bernard Pass Hospice

    You don't have to stop at the 'top'. If you start at Bourg St Pierre in good weather you could get to the hospice and continue on, on the same day, either to the hotel on the Italian side of the lake - less than a km further or to another hostel here on Gronze.com only 2km further on...
  3. timr

    Great Saint Bernard Pass Hospice

    I am generally not a booker-ahead myself, but I have seen on occasion that people have found the hospice full. During the high summer season, I think possibly school parties or maybe scouts are accommodated. If you look at the booking site you will see that it is full on 20 July, and quite a...
  4. timr

    Via Francigena official site down?

    Yes at 2209 in London. I mean yes - same problem 😱
  5. timr

    Via Francigena Convents & Monasteries

    Thanks! Yes there was a spelling error on the Grone.com listing! i stayed there in 2018. Very simple - but everything you need. Just three beds in a single room. And of course, friendly!
  6. timr

    Via Francigena Convents & Monasteries

    Excellent list - thanks. I read somewhere else this week that the (tiny) Convento Cappuccini in Chatillon is no longer accepting guests. BUT Gronze is still showing it (usually reliable) and their website is still showing it https://www.parrocchiachatillon.com/conventocappuccini. Can anyone...
  7. timr

    Via Francigena Convents & Monasteries

    That monastery (of ladies) in St Thierry was a particular favourite of mine. They have limited accommodation so it is worth booking. And yes a very short walk into Reims the next day. You can see it in the distance from the orchard.
  8. timr

    Seeking information about Via Francigena Del Sud Iphone mapping app

    Hi Bob, I am not sure about a dedicated app, but I downloaded these and used them in wikiloc, or whatever other app you like. https://www.viefrancigene.org/en/the-via-francigena-in-italy/#itsud
  9. timr

    what does Gronze use for stages in the Via Francigena

    The first two weeks or so, before and after Arras, are relatively straightforward and the route is well-defined (though still not without some meandering on the official route!) You will have no problem finding battlefield cemeteries along the path sometimes three or four per day. Arras is a...
  10. timr

    Rome to Santa Maria di Leuca

    @Corned Beef CORRECTION the meal discount is for the big hotel in Santa Maria NOT Lecce. It is the Hotel Terminal. Good rate to stay too.
  11. timr

    Rome to Santa Maria di Leuca

    The hostel is https://lobbycollective.com/en/ The cammino website is https://www.camminodelsalento.it/ The walk and waymarking is not quite as flash as the website!! But people did know about it whenever you arrived anywhere. You will need to use GPX which they have. I mixed and matched a bit...
  12. timr

    Rome to Santa Maria di Leuca

    @Corned Beef There is a terrific hostel on the south side of the city about 1.5km out, in the former palazzo of a famous name for Italian food - I can’t remember whether it’s Olive oil or pasta or a drink!!! They will supply you with the Camino de Salento special credential with good discounts...
  13. timr

    Seeking an English language guidebook of La Via Francigena Nel (Del) Sud

    Certainly the guide mentioned by @roving_rufus is the one to go for at the moment. I saw a message (on Via Francigena FB) recently from Sandy Brown (author of the three updated volumes of VF guide published by Cicerone) that he is working on a guide to the VF del Sud. But it won't be available...
  14. timr

    A solo American lady on the VF: Guardian article

    This is from tomorrow's weekend Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/sep/08/i-walked-1000-miles-alone-through-europe-and-learned-that-fear-is-the-price-of-freedom
  15. timr

    Sellos on the Francigena

    Foca in Italian is a seal with flippers! 🦭(From the Greek). :D
  16. timr

    List of Religious sights to stay overnight in Italy

    Indeed! :D
  17. timr

    List of Religious sights to stay overnight in Italy

    Thanks that looks a great resource. I also used this site to book a couple of places when walking in the south of Italy last autumn. https://www.monasterystays.com/
  18. timr

    Cycling The Francigena

    Yes in France the tourist office and or the mairie never failed when I had occasion to enquire of them. And I found them universally friendly.
  19. timr

    Cycling The Francigena

    Oh and see this also @Jopoke - done by Paulo https://pilgrimstorome.org.uk/the-journey/cycling-the-via-francigena/
  20. timr

    Cycling The Francigena

    @Jopoke Welcome to this bit of the Forum! You might try contacting Paulo Seth. He is experienced and committed to helping others. https://www.facebook.com/EyeCycled http://eyecycled.com/en_GB/2020/06/26/via-francigena-day-9-29-from-arc-en-barrois-to-langres/ And see this I have not cycled...

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